172 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA, Stdo. 



an erect plant, ours is always diffuse, indeed spreading flat 

 on the ground. I should therefore doubt their being the 

 same. 



A native of various parts of India, and in flower most part 

 of the year. 



5. S. periplocifolin. Wilfd. iii. 741. 



Shrubby ; leaven cordate sagittate, entire, hoary under- 

 neath. Stipules filiform. Peduncles solitary, length of the 

 leaves, one-flowered. Capsules five, two and three seeded, 

 sharp horned. 



A native of the Malay Inlands, Flowers and ripens its 

 seed in the Botanic garden at Calcutta great part of the 

 year. Tiie bark of this abounds in serviceable flaxen fibres, 

 and as it shoots quickly into long, simple twigs, particularly 

 if cut near the earth, it answers well for procuring the fibre 

 of a good length for most purposes. 



6. S. glutinosa. R. 



Herbaceous, erect, very hairy, and glutinous. Leaves cor- 

 date', pointed, serrate. Flowers numerous, fascicled. Aiils 

 five, shorter than the calyx, with two short conic hornlets. 

 Seems herbaceous, but I cannot say M'ith any degree of cer- 

 tainty ; it is a rare, pretty large, erect species, growing chief- 

 ly on sandy ground. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, serrate, acute, hairy, 

 glutinous, in consequence, they as well as the whole of the 

 plant, for every part exudes a tenaceous gluten, is covered 

 with sand, or dust; from one to five inches long, and of a 

 proportional breadth. Pelio'es round, hairy, from one to t\vo 

 inches long. Stipules bristle-shaped. Peduncles axillary, 

 and terminal, generally more than one, with small leaves 

 mixed, round, hairy, one- flowered. Plowers small, yellow. 

 Arils five, rather shorter than the calyx, obtusely two-horn- 

 ed, pretty smooth. 



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